Chetan Anand, My Father

Premankur Biswas
Posted: Nov 16, 2007 at 0000 hrs IST


Though his much acclaimed Haqeeqat is commonly hailed as Chetan Anand’s most accomplished work, son Ketan Anand begs to differ. “I feel his Aakhri Khat was a greater achievement, not only for him, but also for Indian Cinema. It was a masterpiece and my father started with a bare outline of a script and a 15-month-old infant who he let loose in the city, following him with his camera,” says Ketan who was in the city to screen his documentary, Chetan Anand-The Poetics Of Film, at the Kolkata Film Festival.
Indeed,...

Aakhri Khat - 1966


Category: Movies
Genre: Kids & Family
Banner : Himalaya Films
Colour : Black & White
Release datum : 1967
Genre :Family Drama
Director :Chetan Anand

Aakhri Khat - 1966

Star Cast :

Super ster Rajesh Khanna...... Govind
Indrani Mukherjee
Master Bunty...... Buntu
Nana Palsikar
Maruti
Tun Tun
Naqi Jehan...... Ladjo
Mohan Choti...... Bit part (uncredited)

Singers :Bhupinder,Manna Dey,Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammed Rafi
Lyricist : Kaifi Azmi
Music Director : Khayyam
Art : Bhupendra
Editor : Jadhav Rao
Story / Writer : Chetan Anand

STORY :

It was in scenic Kulu that Govind Bali had first met Lajoo,...

Manna Dey & Chorus - "O My Darling" (Aakhri Khat, 1967) muziek door Khayyam and lyrics door Kaifi Azmi. A unique film with a small child as the pivotal character, Aakhri Khat is an offbeat production telling the story of a lost child seeking his mother.

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AAKHRI KHAT :

Production jaar : 1966
Language : Hindi
Genre: Drama
Producer : Himalaya Films
Director : Chetan Anand
Music Director Khayyam

Star Cast :
Super ster Rajesh Khanna, Indrani Mukherjee, Nana Palsikar, Maruti, Tun Tun & Master Bunty.

SUMMARY :

It was in scenic Kulu that Govind Bali had first met Lajoo, both fell in love,...